New submission from Ariel Otilibili Anieli <arielani...@yahoo.fr>:
Hello,
When add_mutually_exclusive_group is built without argument, the help breaks
with "IndexError: list index out of range". Indeed this snippet:
actions_ = parser.add_argument_group('Actions')
actions = actions_.add_mutually_exclusive_group()
Breaks the help of argparse:
# --help
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./ovpauto", line 135, in <module>
args = parser.parse_args()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/argparse.py", line 1701, in parse_args
args, argv = self.parse_known_args(args, namespace)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/argparse.py", line 1733, in parse_known_args
namespace, args = self._parse_known_args(args, namespace)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/argparse.py", line 1939, in _parse_known_args
start_index = consume_optional(start_index)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/argparse.py", line 1879, in consume_optional
take_action(action, args, option_string)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/argparse.py", line 1807, in take_action
action(self, namespace, argument_values, option_string)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/argparse.py", line 996, in __call__
parser.print_help()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/argparse.py", line 2340, in print_help
self._print_message(self.format_help(), file)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/argparse.py", line 2314, in format_help
return formatter.format_help()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/argparse.py", line 281, in format_help
help = self._root_section.format_help()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/argparse.py", line 211, in format_help
func(*args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/argparse.py", line 319, in _format_usage
action_usage = format(optionals + positionals, groups)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/argparse.py", line 390, in _format_actions_usage
start = actions.index(group._group_actions[0])
IndexError: list index out of range
Moreover, the trace does not say whence the error came from.
# uname -a
Linux quasar 4.8.0-2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.8.15-2 (2017-01-04) x86_64 GNU/Linux
# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description: Debian GNU/Linux testing (buster)
Release: testing
Codename: buster
# gcc --version
gcc (Debian 7.3.0-17) 7.3.0
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
# python --version
Python 2.7.15rc1
# dpkg -l | grep -P '\s+python\s+.*2.7.15'
ii python
2.7.15~rc1-1 amd64 interactive
high-level object-oriented language (default version)
Regards,
Ariel
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messages: 316113
nosy: ariel-anieli, bethard
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: When add_mutually_exclusive_group is built without argument, the help
breaks with "IndexError: list index out of range"
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7
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